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Man Seized in Vice Raid

Date: 07 04 1942
Description: State Agent (left, with face blacked out to prevent future identification) as he seized the operator of the roulette table at the Ritz Bar after a sweeping...
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East Main Street

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Description: View down East Main Street featuring Mansion Hotel and The Turf Saloon, both rebuilt after the 1905 fire which destroyed the entire block.
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Fish Creek Harbor

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view of Fish Creek from the east; the bluff rises on the left, the harbor is on the right. The cottage in the foreground with pergola and lattice ...
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Winning Ticket

Date: 08 1993
Description: "TV news people stand in front of the Fond du Lac Sentry store where the winning ticket was purchased."
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Winning Ticket

Date: 08 1993
Description: "The media coverage was incredible when Les Robins and Colleen DeVries receive their checks."
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Winning Ticket

Date: 08 1993
Description: "$110,000,000 Jackpot."
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Winning Ticket

Date: 08 1993
Description: Sign congratulating the lottery winners at Gilles Frozen Custard Drive-in.
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Miracle Mile Sign

Date: 08 1993
Description: A sign regarding a $110,000,000 Jackpot.
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View of Fish Creek Beach

Date: 1912
Description: View looking west from the Hotz property on Fish Creek Beach. The Thorp bathhouse is on the left, with the Welcker bathhouses beyond. There are houses an...
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View of Fish Creek

Date: 1915
Description: View of Fish Creek from Weborg's Point in Peninsula State Park. The Fish Creek dock with barnlike warehouse is in center right. Behind the dock is the two-...
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Hen Island

Date: 1915
Description: Hen Island is reflected in the water of Fish Creek Bay in this view from Nelson Point in Peninsula State Park. The homes and businesses of Fish Creek are i...
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View of Fish Creek

Date: 1915
Description: View down hill towards a man fishing from the pier at Nelson Point in Peninsula State Park. Fish Creek is seen across the bay. Dr. Welcker's Casino is the ...
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Dice Game at Military Air Base

Date: 01 25 1944
Description: Soldiers play a crap game at an air base near Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea).
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Scene still with Elsie Ferguson and Warner Oland.

Date: 1919
Description: A card dealer watches as Nick Delano (played by Warner Oland) shows Helene (Elsie Ferguson) to the gambling table in a scene still from the 1919 Famous Pla...
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"Take Nothing for Granted"

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Description: Photographic poster featuring a skunk, a half-chewed cigar, a pair of dice rolled to snake eyes, and a hand of cards with nearly a straight. The text state...
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Happy Birthday Doc

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Description: Group portrait of six men holding up a signboard saying "Happy Birthday Doc" in the middle of a card table. The group is sitting and playing cards in what ...
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Tom Every with Wheel of Fortune

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Description: Tom Every (Doc Evermor) at his house in the Highlands. He is standing and holding one of the nickel plated pins on a wall-mounted Big Six Wheel or Wheel of...
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Tom Every with Roulette Table

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Description: Tom Every (Doc Evermor) at his house in the Highlands. He is standing next to a roulette table. Behind him are french doors, and on the wall behind him are...
Drawing

Opening Day Fishing Season

Date: 1984
Description: Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing of a large muskelunge (muskie), badge number 315 and clad in cowboy boots with spurs, that takes control with his six-shoot...
Postcard

Welckers Casino

Date: 1907
Description: Slightly elevated view of a rectangular three-story building with wrap-around porches on the first and second floors. Tables and chairs are on the second f...

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